Abstract

Early pragmatist Charles Sanders Peirce elaborated a program for knowledge that takes seriously the problems of social power structures interfering with knowledge production and the finitude of the inquirer. Although at first glance the sciences seem to satisfy the requirements Peirce set for such a community, Kuhn’s analysis demonstrates several shortcomings. A preliminary solution to these problems can be found in Hegel’s social epistemology–especially in his demand for recognition of the other